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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Straight carapace length"”.
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Multiple Paternity of Caretta Caretta within the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean Population on Wassaw Island, Ga
… the number of fathers per nest and female size (straight carapace length), as well as hatching success and to determine how many males are actually contributing to this nesting population. Mothers and offspring (up to 20) were initially sampled from more than 90 nests over three nesting seasons …
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Understanding predation of tortoises by nesting Pied Crows (Corvus albus) in western South Africa
… depredated under Pied Crow nests had an average straight carapace length of 5.57 cm (range 3.5 cm - 9.8 cm) and 91% of them were Angulate Tortoises. Crows favour smaller tortoises with impacts for smaller species, or younger age classes. I also explored whether any environmental variables …
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Life history of a native emydid turtle (Malaclemys terrapin centrata) on the remote oceanic islands of Bermuda
… census revealed that ca. 100 individuals ≥81 mm straight carapace length live on Bermuda, of which nearly half (48.5%) were considered sexually mature. The population is dominated by females (sex ratio 2.9:1) and annual recruitment over the three year period was found to be extremely low …